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The Line of Thought
. . . to dream over books and loiter at street corners and let the line of thought dip deep into the stream.
--Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
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A festival reborn
Back in 2008, the Jane Austen Society of North America’s Louisville chapter launched a Jane Austen Festival, held over a July weekend at...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 19, 2025
Matters of faith
What were the precise contours of Jane Austen’s religious faith? It’s an open question, given the slenderness of the evidence: some stray...
Deborah Yaffe
Feb 27, 2025
Goodbye at last, 2020
A year ago, I confidently predicted a 2020 filled with the usual array of Austen events: “Teas, balls, fairs, festivals, conferences,...
Deborah Yaffe
Dec 31, 2020
Good timing
This weekend, time zones are friendly to Janeites with an appetite for online convening. On paper, it looks like you’d have to choose how...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 5, 2020
Down Under Austen
For Janeites, the highlight of this month’s online social calendar was the Jane Austen Society of North America’s first-ever virtual...
Deborah Yaffe
Oct 28, 2020
Online Austen everywhere
A month or two ago, there was no joy in Austenland, as, one by one, treasured Jane Austen events fell victim to coronavirus cancelation....
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 24, 2020
Tuning in to Chawton House
Even in quarantine – especially in quarantine? -- Janeites apparently can’t get enough Jane Austen. Or so we might conclude from the...
Deborah Yaffe
Jun 10, 2020
Eighty years on
The year that began yesterday will not bring us any important Jane Austen anniversaries: The bicentenaries of her death and of the...
Deborah Yaffe
Jan 2, 2020
Worldwide Jane in 2018
Once upon a time, Jane Austen was a British writer. But today, she’s an international phenomenon, with fan societies on at least five...
Deborah Yaffe
Jan 1, 2018
Another stop on the Jane Tour
Keeping track of the many Jane Austen celebrations, conferences, festivals, and exhibits taking place around the world – especially...
Deborah Yaffe
Nov 1, 2017
A whirlwind new year for Janeites
Happy new year, Janeites! For us fans of Jane Austen, 2017 is a big year, the biggest since – well, since 2013, when we celebrated the...
Deborah Yaffe
Jan 2, 2017
Worldwide Janeite partying
As summer weeks go, the week ahead is looking pretty good for Jane Austen fans: * Tomorrow and Saturday, the Janeites of Port Alberni, in...
Deborah Yaffe
Jul 6, 2016
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